Tableware-drainer



, UNlITEDgsTATEs ARTHURABsoTT, orfToRoNTo, ONTARIO, QANADA,

TABLnWARE-DnAIN-na.

`Speciircation ofLettervsiPatent. Patented lug,` 41? 19.20

Applicationifllerd` September 2,719.19. Serial No. 321,265. I

To all whom t may concern Be 1t known that I, ARTHUR ABBOTT, re-

siding at 76 Bay street, in the city of Toronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in T`ableware-Drainers, of which the following is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements in tableware drainers and the object of the invention is to devise a simple, cheap and compact device on which all forms of tableware may be supported for draining and it consists essentially of the arrangement and construction of parts as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure 1, is a perspective view of my device showing it partly broken away and in section.

Fig. 2, is a section vertically through fFig. 1.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the various figures.

1 and 2 indicate two parallel series of loop members having the outer arms 3 and 4 eX* tending to the ground. The end arms 3 and 4 of each series 1 and 2 are connected together respectively by horizontal wires 5 and 6 to which the intermediate arms 3 and 4 oi the loops 1 and 2 are connected. The inner arms of the loops 1 and 2 are short arms designated 7 and 8 and converge together and are connected at their lower ends to a horizontal wire 9. The loops 1 and 2 are slightly staggered in relation one to the other and between the ends of each pair of short arms 7 and 8 of the staggered loops extends a vertical wire 10. The outer vertical wires oi the series are connected together by the horizontal wire 12 which is located slightly above the ground level, and to which the lower ends of the intermediate wires 10 are secured. The horizontal wires 5 and 6 and 12 are connected together by cross wires 13 and 14 at suitable intervals apart and the whole structure is tied togetherv by the surrounding wire 15 located at a short distance from the bottom and to which the arms 3 and 4 and outer vertical wires 10 are connected. Similar binding wires 16 and 1.7 are provided, the wire 17 being slightly above the levelof the cross wire 9 and the wire 16 being located intermediately between the binding wire 17 and the binding wire 15. The arms 3 and 4 and outer vertical wires 10 are, of course,k`secured to the binding*` wires 16 and 17.`

You will notice Vthat the loops 1 and'2 at the'right hand *side of the device larefarranged closer togetherthan thoseA at the left hand side so as to accommodate plates of less thickness, plates such as dinner plates being located in the narrow spaces and plates such as soup plates being located in the wider spaces as indicated at 18 in Fig. 2. space above the binding wire 16 is utilized for plates of smaller diameter and for saucers which are located as at 19 in Fig. 2. On the outer ends of the loops 1 and 2 are supported cups which, if they are narrow cups may be simply inverted from the ends of the loop, but, if they are wide cups,such as indicated at 20 in Fig. 2, the handle of the cups may be passed over the outer ends of the vertical wires 10 and supported in the draining position upon the upper ends of the loops 1 and 2.

21 is a drip pan which is rectangular in form and which is of such a size as to receive the lower end of the drainer.

In order to accommodate smaller tableware such as silver etc., I have provided a tray rack which is formed by an outer frame 13 across which extends transverse and longitudinal wires 24 and 25 respectively so as to form intermediate slotted spaces 26 throughwhich the handle of the silverware depends. Y

The tray vis connected by hook arms 27 The and 28 to the cross portion of the wire 17,

the outer end of the tray being supported by hook arms 28 engaging the cross portionv of the surrounding wire 16.

From this description it will be seen that I have devised a very simple device which is suitable for draining all classes of tableware and which is light, durable, simple and cheap to make.

What I claim as my invention is:

1.v A tableware drainer comprising two parallel series of spaced apart inverted looped members, the loops of one series being slightly staggered in relation to the loops of the other series, horizontal wires connecting the loops together and one series to the other, and vertical wires extending upwardly between the loops of each series and adapted to pass through the cup handle supported upon the inverted loop.

2. A tableware drainer comprising a frame consisting of two parallel rows of spaced looped members, the members of each row presenting relatively short inner arms and relatively long outerw arms, the two rows of inner arms being connected together and the two rows of outer arms being spaced' apart, and means for supporting dishes in an upright position between the said outer arms.

Leach of'said members presenting a relatively short inner arm and a relatively long outer arm,1 a wire extending between the two rows of inner arms and providing a connection therebetween, additional wires extendlng between and connecting the outer arms of each row of loop members, spaced connecting members 'extending between said last inentioned wires, a horizontal wire secured to said spaced connecting members vand extending lengthwisecofthe frame, and a series of vertical wires.l secured at the lower ends thereof to saidhorizontal wire and having the upper ends thereof extending above: and between the parallel rows of loop members.

Y ARTHUR ABBOTT. 

